# Who I Am in Christ — 31 declarations

- Canonical: https://www.iamreborn.net/who-i-am-in-christ

Thirty-one things the Bible says are already true of every believer, one for every day of the month. Each line is a first-person paraphrase anchored to the passage that says so.

## I am made new

_Not improved. Not renovated. Reborn._

1. **I am a new creation.** (2 Corinthians 5:17) — The old has gone and the new has come. You are not the same person trying harder — you are a new person learning to live like it. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/what-it-means-to-be-reborn
2. **I am born again of imperishable seed.** (1 Peter 1:23) — Your new life came from the living Word of God, and what God plants does not spoil. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/what-it-means-to-be-reborn
3. **I am God's workmanship, created for good works.** (Ephesians 2:10) — You are something God made on purpose, and the good He prepared for you to do was ready before you arrived. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/how-to-know-gods-will-for-your-life
4. **I am crucified with Christ, and Christ lives in me.** (Galatians 2:20) — The life you now live, you live by faith in the Son of God, who loved you and gave Himself for you. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/how-to-grow-closer-to-god
5. **I am dead to sin and alive to God.** (Romans 6:11) — Paul tells you to count it as true. Sin still knocks, but it is no longer your master. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/why-do-i-keep-struggling-with-the-same-sin
6. **I am being transformed by the renewing of my mind.** (Romans 12:2) — Change is not willpower against the pattern of this world; it is a mind God is rewriting, one thought at a time. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/how-to-renew-your-mind

## I am loved

_Wanted by the Father before you did a single thing right._

7. **I am a child of God.** (John 1:12) — To all who received Him, He gave the right to become children of God. That is a status, not a feeling. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/how-do-i-know-if-im-really-saved
8. **I am lavishly loved by the Father.** (1 John 3:1) — See what kind of love the Father has given — that we should be called children of God. And so we are. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/how-to-grow-closer-to-god
9. **I am chosen.** (Ephesians 1:4) — Before the foundation of the world, God chose you in Christ. You were never the last pick. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/what-it-means-to-be-reborn
10. **I am adopted, and I can call God “Abba, Father.”** (Romans 8:15) — You did not receive a spirit of slavery that falls back into fear. You received the Spirit of adoption. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/how-to-pray-when-you-dont-know-what-to-say
11. **I am Christ's friend.** (John 15:15) — Jesus no longer calls you a servant who is kept in the dark. He calls you friend and tells you what the Father is doing. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/how-to-hear-from-god
12. **I am welcomed by Christ.** (Romans 15:7) — Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God — and that is how you are now free to welcome others. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/how-to-find-a-good-church
13. **I am loved at my worst, not only at my best.** (Romans 5:8) — God showed His love in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. He did not wait for you to clean up. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/how-do-i-know-if-im-really-saved

## I am free

_The debt is paid and the chains are off._

14. **I am forgiven.** (Ephesians 1:7) — In Him you have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of your trespasses, according to the riches of His grace. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/how-to-forgive-someone-who-hurt-you
15. **I am free from condemnation.** (Romans 8:1) — There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Conviction still leads you home; condemnation has no say. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/why-do-i-keep-struggling-with-the-same-sin
16. **I am free indeed.** (John 8:36) — If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed — not on parole, not on probation. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/why-do-i-keep-struggling-with-the-same-sin
17. **I am rescued from darkness and brought into His kingdom.** (Colossians 1:13–14) — God has delivered you from the domain of darkness and transferred you to the kingdom of His beloved Son. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/the-great-commission-starts-on-your-street
18. **I am the righteousness of God in Christ.** (2 Corinthians 5:21) — He took your sin so you could be given His righteousness. That exchange is the whole gospel in one verse. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/how-do-i-know-if-im-really-saved
19. **I am not ruled by anxiety.** (Philippians 4:6–7) — You can bring everything to God with thanksgiving, and His peace will guard your heart and mind. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/christian-anxiety-and-worry

## I am secure

_Held by a grip that does not depend on yours._

20. **I am held, and no one can snatch me out of His hand.** (John 10:28) — Jesus gives His sheep eternal life. Your safety rests on the strength of His grip, not yours. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/how-do-i-know-if-im-really-saved
21. **I am never separated from the love of God.** (Romans 8:38–39) — Not death, not life, not anything in all creation can separate you from the love of God in Christ Jesus. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/christian-anxiety-and-worry
22. **I am sealed with the Holy Spirit.** (Ephesians 1:13) — When you believed, you were marked with the promised Holy Spirit — God's guarantee that He finishes what He starts. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/how-to-hear-from-god
23. **I am a temple of the Holy Spirit.** (1 Corinthians 6:19–20) — Your body is not your own; you were bought with a price. So you honour God with how you treat it. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/stewarding-the-temple-fitness-as-worship
24. **I am given a spirit of power, love and self-control.** (2 Timothy 1:7) — God did not give you a spirit of fear. What He gave you is stronger than what you feel. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/christian-anxiety-and-worry
25. **I am more than a conqueror.** (Romans 8:37) — Not by gritting your teeth, but through Him who loved you — in the very things that try to crush you. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/daily-rhythm-that-survives-real-life
26. **I am complete in Him.** (Colossians 2:9–10) — The whole fullness of God dwells in Christ, and you have been filled in Him. Nothing essential is missing. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/four-pillars-spirit-mind-body-purpose

## I am sent

_Saved for something — and sent to someone._

27. **I am the salt of the earth and the light of the world.** (Matthew 5:13–16) — Jesus does not tell you to become light. He says you are — so don't hide it. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/your-oikos-the-mission-field-youre-already-standing-in
28. **I am an ambassador for Christ.** (2 Corinthians 5:20) — God makes His appeal through you: be reconciled to God. You carry His message wherever you stand. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/how-to-share-your-faith
29. **I am part of a chosen people and a royal priesthood.** (1 Peter 2:9) — You were called out of darkness into His marvellous light, so that you may proclaim His excellencies. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/the-great-commission-starts-on-your-street
30. **I am a branch in the Vine, made to bear fruit.** (John 15:5) — Apart from Jesus you can do nothing; abiding in Him, you bear much fruit. Fruit comes from staying, not straining. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/kingdom-business-your-work-is-not-separate-from-your-worship
31. **I am a citizen of heaven.** (Philippians 3:20) — Your citizenship is in heaven, and you live here as its representative — seeking first the Kingdom. Read more: https://www.iamreborn.net/blog/partner-in-the-gospel-plunder-hell-populate-heaven